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Weird Europe: A Guide to Bizarre, Macabre, and Just Plain Weird Sights (1999) is a travel guide to Europe by Kristan Lawson and Anneli Rufus.

From the publisher:

Welcome to Weird Europe...where truth is stranger than fiction.

Thrill-seekers, students of the bizarre, travelers searching for relief from the usual tourist attractions-rejoice! At last, here is a guidebook to Europe's dark side. From strange natural wonders to the handiwork of mad scientists, dreamers, and zealots, Europe harbors hundreds of fascinating-and occasionally gruesome-suprises.

In these pages, you'll discover:

  • Two-headed animals
  • Erotic museums
  • Creepy catacombs
  • A cathedral made of salt
  • A railroad operated by children
  • The Arnold Schwarzenegger Museum
  • An all-ice hotel
  • Ancient pagan rituals
  • Mines
  • Sewer tours
  • A museum of espionage
  • UFO landing sites
  • Pictures drawn by the dead
  • A frog museum
  • Pancake races
  • Oddball art
  • Underground cities
  • Giants, freaks, and Siamese twins
  • The Temple of Echoes

Covering twenty-five countries, with complete directions, opening hours, and admission prices for nearly a thousand wild attractions, Weird Europe is an indispensable guide to a world that you never knew existed. Once you enter Weird Europe, there's no turning back.

Notes

The book does not mention explicit corbels.

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